THE ROLE OF PLANT FOOD 
IN MODERN GARDENING! 
A comparison of the flower seed offered today with 
that offered ten or fifteen years ago would bring out the 
fact that flower breeders have given us greatly improved 
varieties and colors for our gardens. These flowers are 
the result of careful, scientific work. 
Isn’t it folly to expect these thoroughbred flowers to 
develop regal splendor on a food ration that is not 
complete. 
SOME “DO'S” 
Feed everything you grow 
with Vigoro. 
Keep the Vigoro off the 
stalks and stems of plants. 
Wash off promptly any that 
gets on them. 
For lawns, spread the 
Vigoro early before the grass 
starts to grow... just as the 
frost is coming out of the 
SOME “DON'TS” 
Don’t use Vigoro as you 
use old-fashioned fertilizers. 
You need far less. 
Don’t think that because a 
little is good a whole lot is 
better. 
Don’t take someone’s word 
for it; read the directions. 
Vigoro is the complete sci- 

FOR LAWNS, FLOWERS, SHRUBS, 
ground. entific plant food. Used by 
Read the quick, easy-to- Millions of gardeners annu- 
understand directions before ally. It is made by Swift & 
using. 
VIGORO PRICES 
TAIDS ge yon ieee $ .10 
Sylbs.o ete 45 
10 -Ibsis- ee -10 
25 Ibs. 1.40 
Company. 
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SOCIbS. eee 2.30 
Complete plant food 100 ws. °::":. 3.50 
A PRODUCT OF SWIFT 
TREES, AND ALL VEGETABLES! 
FERTILIZERS 
All sold at current market prices. Ask for quotations. 
Ammonium Sulphate is a valuable fertilizer for all plants in 
which a large leaf development or rapid growth is desired. It 
will stimulate growth almost immediately. It is also used for 
top-dressing lawns, producing a thick velvet growth and dis- 
couraging the weeds. It is a highly concentrated nitrogenous 
product, containing 25% per cent ammonia, 20% per cent 
nitrogen. One pound to 200 square feet is sufficient applica- 
tion for lawns. 
Bone Meal. Extra fine; is a fertilizer recommended for lawns, 
rose bushes, grape vines, especially where a moderately slow 
fertilizer is needed for the deep-rooted shrubbery and where a 
perfectly safe fertilizer is required. It contains phosphoric 
acid and some nitrogen. 
Granulated Peat Moss. For greenhouse, garden and home. Our 
peat moss is of the finest quality you can buy anywhere at any 
price. Its use contributes to the humus content of the soil, 
lightening heavy clay and binding sandy soils. It insulates soil 
against freezing and thawing in winter and conserves moisture 
in summer. Clean, odorless and economical to use. 
Sheep Guano. An efficient fertilizer to use on lawns, in the 
garden, the perennial border, shrubbery beds, small fruit gar- 
den, flower beds, ete. It is safe and dependable. A natural 
plant food and not a chemical stimulant. 
Nitrate of Soda. A fertilizer for all crops; quick in action and 
hastens the maturity of crops fully two weeks. It should not 
be applied until the plants are above the ground. Do not allow 
solution to touch foliage. Dissolve 1 oz. to 2 gals. or 1 lb. to 
50 gallons. 
Superphosphate (Acid or Rock Phosphate) is a water soluble 
combination of phosphoric acid and lime which is formed by 
the action of sulphuric acid on raw phosphate rock. It aids in 
plant nutrition and assists the plant to assimilate other in- 
gredients. Superphosphate is an efficient fertilizer element for 
lettuce, truck crops, cereal crops, and alfalfa. 
Tankage. Containing by-products from slaughter houses and 
contains blood, meat, bone that has been cooked, dried and 
ground. The analysis varies much, running from 5 to 9 am- 
monia and 5 to 15 phosphoric acid. It contains no potash and 
for best results potash should be mixed with tankage. 
Hydrated Lime. The constant watering of lawns tends to sour 
the soil and eventually the lawn becomes foul with sorrel, 
Creeping Charlie, and other weeds which thrive in an acid soil. 
This condition may be improved by applying hydrated lime. 
Muriate of Potash. This fertilizer is especially valuable for 
fruit trees and berries. 
Sulphate of Potash. A desirable form of potash, especially 
valuable for potatoes and any root crops, such as beets, turnips, 
etc., also cabbage, etc. 
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34 CORRECT FERTILIZATION MAKES MORE PROFITABLE CROPS. 
